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By , Special to JTNews Gloria Berner, an incoming freshman at the University of Washington, is commuting to school and wondered if she would miss

By , Special to JTNews Northwest Yeshiva High School kicked off its participation in the Milken Family Foundation Festival for Youth with a multig

By Gerda Lawrence, Special to JTNews Jewish seniors who live on Seattle’s north end have literally stepped outside of the box to solve the p

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Those who knew him 10 years ago, may not recognize the once quiet and introverted Jon Sternoff today. Ste

By Eileen Mintz, Special to JTNews Two local families and a local chef gave Jewish cooking maven Joan Nathan a taste of eating Jewish in Seattle a

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Although the series of Music of Remembrance concerts are presented as a tribute to those who died and

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Correspondent There must be something more, he thought to himself. Something more than this same old routine of ge

By Holly M. Redell, Special to JTNews When organizers were planning the visit to Seattle of Israeli social workers last month, they had no idea ho

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent Although four adults have been questioned in connection with last summer’s vandalism on Bainbridge I

By Deborah Seldner, other She’s already made her mark on the nation’s Jewish environmental landscape, but after a week kayaking in Ala

By , Special to JTNews From Arab-Jewish relations to rabbis who surf, medieval history to Yentl’s revenge, the Talmud to God-optional Judais

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews During the past two legislative sessions, financial pressures caused by statewide ballot initiatives,

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews In the past 10 years, the greater Seattle Jewish community has grown by 27 percent — twice as fast as

By , Special to JTNews Congregation Beth Shalom, a Conservative synagogue in Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood, invites the community to join

By , Special to JTNews Jewish Family Service offers a wide variety of culturally sensitive workshops and groups designed to strengthen individuals

By , Special to JTNews The Stroum Jewish Community Center (JCC) holds its 44th Annual Meeting at 7 p.m. on Oct. 18 at the Mercer Island Facility (

By , Special to JTNews Fifteen kindergarten students at Seattle Hebrew Academy wanted to help those who had been injured by the terrorists in New

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent On the evening of that bleak Tuesday, Sept. 11, nearly 150 Jews gathered at a local synagogue to hear Jerusa

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent At the American Jewish Committee annual meeting on the evening of Sept. 10, the AJC’s expert on anti-S

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews What is the message for the Jewish community after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11? Reuven Kimelman,